Game.



AT N rro GEORGE H. HEWITT, JR., OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

GAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 2,1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. HEWITT, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Jersey City, in thecounty of Hudson and Stateof New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Game, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to games and provides a new and interesting gamewhich may be played by a large number of people, the larger the numberof people the better, although the game can be played by a relativelysmall number of people, and the ob- 'ects of the invention are toprovide a game wherein the players will enact the exciting scenes of abusy stock exchange.

To the accomplishment of the above objects and to such others as mayhereinafter appear, the invention comprises a plurality of so calledstock boards, representing exchanges,.which are all made alike in thateach. one contains the same list of stocks, each stock board beingprovided with a name which is usually that of a well known city,representing one of the different stock exchanges in the big centers offinance. The stock boards are arranged to hold numbered cards, oneopposite each stock on the board, a pack of similarly numbered cardsbeing provided for each board. The players are each provided with atally card or stock and tally sheet, upon which is given the same listof stocks as shown on the stock boards and in the same order, with acolumn designated Buy and another column designated Sell by means ofwhich the transactions of the players in playing the game are recorded.

Referring to the drawings: Figures 1 and 2 are front elevations of twoof a series of stock boards used in playing the game; Fig.

3 is a front view of a tally card used in playing the game, part of thecard being broken away.

In the drawings A and B designate stockboards used in playing the game,the same being each provided with a list of names, usually of well knowncorporations. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the names of the differentcompanies, or stocks as they are generally called, all appear in thesame order on each of the boards, and while this order is not absolutelynecessary in the playing of the game it is a great convenience. In thepresent instance each of the stock boards is provided with removablename cards C, upon which the names of the stocks are printed, suitableguides D being provided for removably holding the same in position. Onthe stock boards opposite each name card are arranged suitable guides Efor holding number cards F, the guides E being preferably arranged atthe sides of the stock boards Where they can readily be seen, and easilyremoved during the progress of the game. Each stock board is providedwith a name, usually that of a well known city of finance, which appearsat the top of each board in a suitable holder G. In the present instancethe stock board designated A has a card bearing the name New Yorkwhereas the stock board B has a card bearing the name Paris. When morestock boards are used than the ones just referred to, it being customaryin playing the game to have at least live, each one has the name of adifferent city by which it is known. Each stock board is provided withthe same series of named cards C preferably all arranged in the sameorder as-shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In addition each stock board isprovided with a pack of numbered cards F, each pack in the presentinstance consisting of seventy cards numbered successively in multiplesof five, and therefore ranging from the lowest card marked 5 to thehighest card marked 350. These numbered cards are shuffled by theattendants or watchers, provided for each stock board, and the firsttwelve cards of each pack are inserted in succession opposite the twelvestocks, so that the same appear as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. If thenumbered cards are properly shuffled for each board they will appear insome such order as that shown in Figs. 1 andQ, it being noted that thereis quite a difference between most of the numbered cards displayed forthe same stock on the two boards shown in the drawings, for example onthe stock board marked New York, referred to as the New York Exchange,Am. Steel has opposite it the number 5, whereas on the stock boardmarked Paris, referred to as the Paris Exchange, Am. Steel has oppositeit the number 350. These numbered cards F which appear opposite thedifferent named cards, are known as the prices at which the differentstocks are offered at, it Wlll therefore be seen that if one of theplayers buys at the New York Exchange, Am. Steel at the quoted price of5, and sells it at the Paris Exchange at the quoted price ofv 350, theplayer has made a difference in the transaction of 345 counts, which isthe greatest number of counts that can be made in any one transaction,as the packs of numbered cards contain only cards ranging from 5 to 350.By comparing the other stocks appearing on the New York and Paris stockboards it will be noted that none of them show such a difference inprices quoted as the stock of Am. Steel just referred to, it istherefore obvious that all of the players will try and buy Am. Steel at5 from the New York Exchange and sell it at 350 to the Paris Exchange,so as to make a difference of 345 points.

In order to record the transactions of the players, a stock and tallysheet or score card is provided for each player similar to the one shownin Fig. 3, upon which is printed the same list of stocks appearing onthe clifferent stock boards of the different exchanges and in the sameorder, suitable margins being provided on the sides of the score card,the margin on the left being designated Buy and the one on the leftbeing designated Sell. In the margins of the score or tally cards, underthe heads of Buy and Sell are arranged a series of numbers in threecolumns for recording the prices of'purchases and sales, these numbershaving a units column in which appears the numerals 5 and 0, a tenscolumn containing the numerals 1 to 9 and 0, and a hundreds columncontaining the numerals from 1. to 3. By the system of figures justdescribed, any price can be recorded, in either the Buy or Sell column,at which any of the stocks may be offered at, as the pack of cards usedin making the prices range from 5 to 350 in multiples of five as beforedescribed. The method of using the score or tally card is as follows:The player first marks the stock he intends to buy, which is usuallydone by punching a hole with a pencil opposite the name'of the stock,and if the player intends to buy the stock he records the quoted pricein the buy column, whereas if he intends to sell the stock at thepresent time for future delivery, he records the quoted stock in thesell column. The recording of the price is done as follows: Assumingthat the player has decided to buy Am. Steel at 5 at the New YorkExchange, and has punched a hole or marked Am. Steel on his score ortally card, the player merely punches a hole in the number 5 appearingin the units colunm under Buy and then to prevent mistakes has his cardratified by the attendant in charge of the New York Exchange or StockBoard. If the player then decides to sell the Am. Steel recorded on hisscore card, he goes to the stock board or exchange In view of the factthat displaying the largest number opposite Am. Steel, and sells thesame. It will be noted in the present instance, that the Paris StockBoard or Exchange is offering Am. Steel at 350, so the player punches ahole in the numeral 3 of the hundreds column, under sell, and thenpunches another hole in the nu meral 5 in the tens column, therebyrecording the selling price of 350, and has his card ratified by theattendant in charge of the Paris Stock Board or Exchange. The player canthen mark the points gained in the transaction which is the differencebetween the buyin and selling prices, which in the instance justdescribed is 345 points, which the player writes under points gained onhis card, thereby closing the transaction. The player then, if he can,endeavors to buy some more of the same stock and sell it if he can doso, before the cards F are changed, which is done regularly at statedintervals, the cards F usually remaining in position on each board for aperiod of three minutes, which is known as open periods of trading,usually regulated by the ringing of a bell. the open periods are ofrather short duration, the player may be able to complete onetransaction as the one justreferred to, and to have started on anothertransaction by buying Am. Steel at the New York Exchange at 5 again, butbefore the player has time to sell the same at the Paris Exchange, andhave his card ratified, the open period may be closed and the playerwill have to wait for new numbers or prices to appear on the differentexchanges opposite Am. Steel, and it is very probable that the same willnot be again quoted at as high a price as 350, so the player will haveto be satisfied with making a fewer number of counts on his secondtransaction. I

By referring to Fig. 3 it will be seen that the lists of stocks arerepeated on the stock or tally sheet, one section being used for eachtransaction, it being customary to have at least five sections on eachscore or tally card, so as to make the game consist of five transactionswhich necessitates the stock boards or exchanges being open for fiveperiods, of three minutes each, during which open periods, transactionsare made. At the end of the fi and after all of the players have madetheir five transactions, the points gained by each player are countedand the one having the greatest number wins. The highest numberobtainable in five transactions when the prices range from 5 to 350 inmultiples of 5, is 1725. If more than one player has this number theplayer wins who first completes his transactions and turns in his scoreor tally card.

The game is usually played as follows A plurality of stock boardsusually at least ve open periods of play one board for every twentyplayers, the game being at its best when there are at least five stockboards or exchanges situated in difierent parts of the room where thegame is to be played. Attendants are then provided for each stock boardor exchange, who attend to the shufliing of the cards F and at a givensignal insert the cards F opposite each of the stocks appearing on theirstock board, whereupon all of the players make a hurried trip from onestock board or exchange to another, to see what stock is being offeredat two different exchanges at the greatest difference in price. Thefirst player to note this difference will have little difficulty inhaving his purchase or sales ratified during the short three minutesperiod of open market, whereas the slower players are apt to get leftwith purchases on their score cards or tally sheets which they areunable to sell at the advantageous prices, but will have to wait for newprices to be posted in another three minutes period of open market. Theclosing of the open period being made known by the ringing of a bell, acertain number of times after which the attendants of the stock boardsor exchanges will not ratify any more purchases or sales and will removethe cards F from the boards and after shuffling the same with theremainder of the cards in the pack, get ready to insert new cards in thestock boards at a given signal of a new period of open market.

From the above it will be, seen that a great deal of excitement willresult when the players are making their transactions during the openperiods of play. It will also be noted that there are quite a few waysof buying the different stock for example, the stock during one periodof open market may be bought very cheap and the player may think itadvisable to buy the stock and wait for another period of open market,in the hopes of the same stock being posted at a very high price, whenhe can sell and make a large number of counts.

While the invention has been described with particular reference to thedetails of the game, and the details of the apparatus used, it is not tobe considered as limited thereto, as many changes may be made and stillfall within the scope of the following claims.

What I claim is 1. A game apparatus comprising a series of boards fordisplaying a series of names, a pack of numbered cards provided for eachboard, and a tally sheet provided with the same series of namesdisplayed on said boards, and accounting means on said sheet.

2. A game apparatus comprising a series of boards for displaying aseries of names, a pack of numbered cards provided for each board, meanson said boards for holding said numbered cards opposite the names onsaid boards, and a tally sheet provided with the same series of namesdisplayed on said boards, and provided also with a set of figures foraccounting.

3. A game apparatus comprising a series of boards for displaying aseries of names, a series of cards with names printed thereon, a pack ofnumbered cards provided for each board, a tally sheet provided with thesame series of names displayed on said cards, said tally sheet beingprovided with two columns having means for facilitating the recording oftransactions made by the player.

4. A game apparatus consisting of a plurality of boards provided withreceptacles for the insertion of name and number cards, a series of namecards provided for each board, each series consisting of the same numberof cards hax ing different names but all series being alike, a pack ofnumber cards with numbers ranging from a small amount to a multiplethereof for insertion in the number receptacles provided on said boards,and a tally sheet divided into blocks, each block containing a list ofnames corresponding to the names in a series of name cards, and alsohaving accounting means in said blocks suitably arranged to afford meansfor recording the transactions of the players of the game.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

GEO. H. HEWVITT, JR. Witnesses:

Lno J. MATIY, DUDLEY DAVIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G.

